October, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



213 



service carried on under the Destructive Insect 

 and Pest Act. In eight of the provinces, British 

 Columbia not being included, during the year. 

 2,646 fields covering 7,900 acres, were inspected, 

 and 1,634 fields passed covering 4,290 acres. It 

 is gratifying to know that the percentage of 

 fields passed last year greatly exceeded that of 

 the previous year, as it indicates a healthy im- 

 provement of this most nationally important of 

 all vegetables. The acreage inspected was larg- 

 est in Quebec, but Ontario stands at the head of 

 the fields passed with a percentage of 88.6, 

 Manitoba coming next with a percentage of 

 84.8 and then Nova Scotia with 75.4, New 

 Brunswick with 67.2, and Prince Edward Island 

 with 56.2. The work was new to Alberta and 

 Saskatchewan, but is being carried on more 

 extensively in these provinces this year. 



New Brunswick, stands at the head of the 

 provinces in yield per acre of certified seed, 

 with 283.4 bushels, and in the yield per acre of 

 the general crop with 216.25 bushels. Quebec 

 stands next with 277.4 bu.shels'of certified seed 

 per acre, and 162.5 bushels per acre of the 

 general crop, followed by Prince Edward Island 

 with 247.6 bushels of certified seed and 201.75 

 bushels of the general crop, Manitoba with 

 235.6 bushels and 166.5 bushels respectively and 

 Ontario with 233.4 bushels and 163.5 bushels. 

 Nova Scotia stands at the foot of the list in 

 acreage yield, but it is explained that a large 

 proportion of the inspection was confined to the 

 Garnet Chili variety, which does not yield so 

 prolifically as some of the white varieties grown 

 in the other provinces. The general improve- 

 ment is atrtibuted to the more general use of 

 certified seed, especially in Ontario, Manitoba 

 and Quebec. 



Much attention is given by the division to 

 forest pathology, and in the report will be found 

 details of investigations carried on as regards 

 white pine blister rust in Eastern Canada and 

 on leaves of black currants in British Columbia. 



It is recorded regarding nitro-culture work at 

 the illustration stations that where the crops 

 have been treated there has been improvement 

 in growth and yield. It should be noted that 

 bottles of the culture are sent out by the divi- 

 sion for experimental trials only, but that legume 

 cultures can be had of the larger seed dealers. 



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Garden Crop Fertilizing 



THE chief chemist in connection with the 

 Dominion Experimental Farms voices his 

 opposition to the promiscuous use of fer- 

 tilizers for flowering plants, vegetables, small 

 fruits and lawns by saying with emphasis in Ex- 

 hibition Circular 104, which can be had free 

 from the Publications Branch, Ottawa: " If rich 

 garden loam, reinforced with well-rotted manure 

 is used, there is no occasion to apply fertilizers." 

 Otherwise for roses, peonies, perennials and 

 annuals generally he advises, mixed thoroughly 

 and well worked into the soil, four parts ground 

 bone (bone meal) and one part muriate or sul- 

 phate of potash, at about four pounds to a 

 square rod. If the foliage is yellowish apply one 

 ' ird to two thirds pound per square rod of 

 jtrate of soda as a top dressing. To enrich soil 

 for potting house plants, use from three quarters 

 ;o a pound and a half of the mixture to 100 

 pounds of loam, commencing with the smaller 

 quantity and increasing as found desirable. For 

 the enrichment of the loam ujed in greenhouses 

 and in fratncs incorporate two pounds of the 

 mixture per 100 square feet. If not satisfactory 

 follow with a mixture of one pound sulphate 

 (or muriate) of potash and one pound of nitrate 

 of so<la to 1 00 square feet. 



For vegetables, small fruits and garden crops 

 generally use a mixture of one part ground bone, 

 one part superphosphate and one part sulphate 

 or muriate of potash at the rate of 500 to 800 

 pounds per acre, and top dress with nitrate of 

 soda at the rate of 100 pounds per acre after the 

 growth has well started. Before seeding the lawn 

 work into the soil at the rate of five pounds per 

 uare rod a mixture of five parts of ground bone 

 nd one part sulphate or muriate of potash. 



Nitrate of soda at the rate of half pound per 

 square rod can be used as a top dressing and re- 

 peated in three weeks' time if thought advisable 

 on account of slow growth. As a liquid fertilizer 

 may be used for house plants, vegetables, etc., a 

 solution of one ounce per gallon of water of a 

 mixture composed of three parts nitrate of soda, 

 one part sulphate of potash and one part phos- 

 phate /)f soda. If the soil is extra rich omit the 

 nitrate of soda. Otherwise use the solution at 

 the rate of five gallons per square rod for garden 

 crops and for potted plants at the rate of one to 

 five fluid ounces per six-inch pot, repeating, if 

 necessary, in each case, every two or three weeks. 



New Fertilizer Act 



So far as the farmer is concerned, probably 

 the most important measure passed at the 

 last session of the Dominion Parliament was 

 the Ferrilizers Act, 1922. This Act, which takes 

 the place of a measure passed in 1909 and 

 amended 10 years later, is intended to further 

 assure the purchaser of fertilizers that he is 

 getting the article he desires and pays for. The 

 old Act defined a fertilizer as any manufactured 



manure that contained nitrogen, phosphoric acid 

 or potash. The new Act prohibits the sale of 

 any article as a fertilizer that does not contain 

 12% of these elements, singly or combined. It 

 must further include, as minimum quantities, 

 atomic nitrogen, 2%, phosphoric acid 5 %, 

 potash 2%. This makes it unlawful to sell, 

 under the name of fertilizer, lime in its various 



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